Listed in the table below is every Napa County school and the percentage of students who tested "Proficient" or above (at grade level) in the 2007 STAR tests.

Solano Sheriff Dan Chapman keeps watch over a crew of children of other Solano sheriffs, left to right, Phoebi and Jack Waller, Kiersten Nutt, in back, Evan Thelen and Cade Nutt, as they check out Solano County Sheriff’s Special Weapons and Tactics’ armored personnel carrier at the Law Enforcement Expo II.

Men and women behind bars aren’t typically served Champagne and seared scallops, but the “inmates” at Napa’s Bayleaf Restaurant on Wednesday received nothing but VIP treatment.

Talk of real estate buyers and sellers usually leads to another hot topic: Mortgages.

Jefferson Street came to life Saturday evening as hundreds of muscle cars, lowriders and classics cars from all over the Bay Area gathered in Napa for Cruise Night 2007. Saturday’s cruise was a quiet, peaceful affair that hosted mellow crowds and slick cars police said.

A Napa man spent the night in jail Saturday evening after police said he assaulted his wife and daughter.

Napa Police officers arrested Marical Avina Martinez, 33, on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine and resisting arrest Saturday night.

In an effort to keep Napa safe, the Napa Police Department provides the following information about recent property crimes involving homes, businesses and vehicles. Residents are encouraged to report any suspicious activity in their neighborhoods in the city. Please call 257-9223.

A record 906 Napa County homeowners tried to sell a home in July. Only 61 were successful.

John Glaser, Napa's school district superintendent, released this statement to parents and the public after the district revised its dress code for Redwood Middle School.

Redwood Middle School in Napa devised an interim dress code as of Aug. 9 in response to a judge's ruling on a lawsuit filed over the dress code.

HUNTINGTON, Utah — Rescuers found no signs of life Saturday after drilling a fourth hole into a collapsed mine where six workers have been trapped nearly two weeks, a disheartening blow in a rescue effort that has killed three other people.

SACRAMENTO — Two wealthy businessmen with close ties to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have agreed to donate $3 million to the California Republican Party to help erase debts remaining from the 2006 election.

PISCO, Peru — The government sent the army Saturday to stop looting fueled by rising desperation in earthquake-shattered Peru, where tens of thousands were without fresh water and shivering families huddled in makeshift shelters at the center of the devastation.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA on Saturday ordered space shuttle Endeavour back to Earth a day early out of fear that Hurricane Dean might disrupt flight operations.

WASHINGTON — While the words “merit pay” drew hisses and boos at a recent teachers’ union convention, educators are endorsing contracts that pay bonuses for boosting students’ test scores.

XINTAI, China — Rescuers raced Saturday to pump water out of two coal mines flooded by a rain-swollen river in eastern China, where 181 miners were missing and feared dead.